Skd Knickerbocker (Skdk) Work Values

Daily Duties at Skd Knickerbocker (Skdk) :

• Managed a $4M+ portfolio and junior staff, driving large-scale campaigns and crisis management for publicly traded and high-profile clients spanning tech, telecom, healthcare, entertainment, media, film/music festivals, government, nonprofits, and trade associations • Combined passion for pop culture and issues-driven public affairs on behalf of global foundations and elected officials, along with high-profile and publicly traded companies like AT&T, DirecTV, Cricket Wireless, Under Armour, and Mattel. • Day-to-day responsibilities included crisis mitigation and rapid response to protect corporate reputation related to regulatory compliance, lawsuits, network outages, customer service issues, and a range of internal corporate culture challenges. • Represented U.S. Conference of Mayors and drove media to address climate change, poverty in cities, and boost economic growth • Elevated social issues by producing “odd couple” partnerships, activations, events, product releases, and mass media coverage like: o Resilient NOLA: Hurricane Katrina’s 10-year commemoration with 3 U.S. President visits, 69 media panels, and 2 major concerts o WASTED! The Story of Food Waste: Documentary from The Rockefeller Foundation and Anthony Bourdain, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day and accompanied by educational curriculum in partnership with the James Beard Foundation o Mattel’s President + Vice President Barbie: Earning 460 million+ impressions from national press, opinion leaders, and elected officials

What they like about Skd Knickerbocker (Skdk) :

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

public relations, communications, corporate social responaibility, marketing, government affairs, Entertainment, Acquisitions, Consulting, media, public affairs, publicity, crisis communications, internal communications, media relations, investor relations

Skills

Trusted senior advisor in the U.S. Congress with strong ability to articulate and localize complex policy issues, Strong contacts and relationships with members of the media and expert at developing high-level communication strategies, including messaging and branding via traditional and emerging media outlets, Developing and deploying a strategic, targeted messaging and media relations plan, blending both new and traditional media to build awareness, create consensus, and foster mutually beneficial relationships , Networking to build a broad coalition of government, community leaders, businesses and advocacy organizations, deploying strengths in people skills and “emotional IQ” to support an engaging, dynamic and successful outreach plans , Fostering a collaborative team to encourage cooperation, understanding and camaraderie, Clear-thinking hard worker with sound judgment under pressure, Close attention to detail and strong time-management skills who works well with others and I can manage multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously, delegating to appropriate staff to produce high-quality work, while meeting deadlines, Understanding of how to identify, evaluate and take advantage of strategic opportunities by presenting appropriately directed messaging to targeted audience segments on behalf of a variety of personalities and positions, Global perspective acquired from working with international operating territories and extensive travel worldwide., Problem solving to seize opportunities and mitigate downside presented by dynamic, complex or complicated challenges., Presentation and public speaking, including significant on-the-record and executive presentation experience.

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Skd Knickerbocker (Skdk) :